As time goes on, I will link all of the sections to lengthy background essays. This will take a while. In the meantime, take a look, read the introduction, and think about all of the questions that emerge from even a quick look at the calendar.
Solar Calendar Date
(top to bottom; right to left
十
三
四期星
Eleventh Month, Thirteenth Day
Astral Period Four
Thursday, November 13
Thursday, November 13
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Section Two
Beneficent Stars
Section Two
Beneficent Stars
(top to bottom, right to left)
吉官
期日
期日
Official Days
Auspicious Temporalities
Auspicious Temporalities
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Section Three
Auspicious Hours
(top to bottom, right to left)
申辰子
吉吉凶
酉己丑
吉凶吉
戌午寅
中凶凶
亥未卯
中凶凶
亥未卯
中中吉
23:00-01:00 Inauspicious
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
01:00-03:00 Auspicious
03:00-05:00 Inauspicious
05:00-07:00 Auspicious
07:00-09:00 Auspicious
9:00-11:00 Inauspicious
11:00-13:00 Inauspicious
13:00-15:00 In-Between
15:00-17:00 Auspicious
17:00-19:00 Auspicious
19:00-21:00 In-Between
21:00-23:00 In-Between
The hours above are for Hong Kong. It is up to you if you want to recalibrate or to assume that the cyclicality of the calendar "covers" the rest of the world. This is a greater interpretive challenge than you might think.
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Section Four
Activities to Avoid
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
忌
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
置買
業田
Buying Land
Setting-up Industry
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Section Five
Cosmological Information
Section Five
Cosmological Information
廿
一
戊
一
戊
子
火
火
奎
除
除
Twenty-First Day (Intercalary Ninth Lunar Month)
Cyclical day: wuzi (25/60)
Phase (element): Fire
Constellation: Astride (15/28)
"Day Personality" Cycle: Discard (2/12)
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Section Six
Appropriate Activities
(and Miscellaneous Information
(top-to-bottom; right to left)
宜
拆
拆
卸
掃
舍
咸歲
池破
俱白
將虎
咸歲
池破
俱白
將虎
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Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Appropriate Activities
Unhitching and Unloading
Sweeping Rooms
Baleful Astral Influences
Generational Destruction
White Tiger
Widespread Pond
Everything General
White Tiger
Widespread Pond
Everything General
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Section Seven
Inauspicious Stars
(right to left)
人 火
Person, Fire
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(right to left)
人 火
Person, Fire
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Section Eight
Miscellaneous Information
房
碓 牀
Edifice
Pestle, Bed
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